People with intellectual disabilities work at and run the organisation Inspired Services. They adapt a variety of information for different organisations in any format: EasyRead, photostory, video and others. Their unique skill: explaining the complicated for everyone to understand.
- Solution
- How to help everyone understand complicated ideas
- Organization
- Inspired Services Publishing
- Country of Implementation
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Western Europe
- First published
- 31.01.2014
Solution details
People
“At Inspired Services we believe that information is power. With it people can take control, make choices in all areas of their lives and gain independence.” Andrew HOLMAN
Inspired Services is an organisation run by people with intellectual disabilities and non-disabled people. They adapt a variety of EasyRead information for different international and national organisations. Persons with intellectual disabilities help turn complex ideas into accessible information for other people with intellectual disabilities.
Problems Targeted
Every person has the right to information. Without it people can’t make informed decisions. If an intellectual disability requires adjustments to be made in information in order for it to be accessible, a specialised service provider is needed to produce the best possible result.
Solution, Innovation and Impact
Transforming information into an accessible format
Media
Pictures
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